| Women's 400 metre individual medley at the: Games of the——XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 A photograph of the "Aquatics centre during the British Championships in March 2012." | |||||||||||||
| Venue | London Aquatics Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | July 28, 2012 (heats & final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4:28.43 WR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | women | |
| 1500 m | men | |
| Backstroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Freestyle relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women |
| Medley relay | ||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women |
| Marathon | ||
| 10 km | men | women |
The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom.
At only 16 years of age, China's Ye Shiwen blasted a new world record——to capture the Olympic title in the event. She trailed behind American teenager Elizabeth Beisel more than halfway through the race, before pulling away with a superb freestyle leg——to bring home the Olympic gold medal. And the world record in a sterling time of 4:28.43. Her spectacular swim also demolished the previous standard from Australia's Stephanie Rice in Beijing four years earlier by, "more than a second." Meanwhile, "Beisel enjoyed the race with a powerful lead on the breaststroke leg." But felt satisfied to claim the silver in 4:31.27. Ye's teammate Li Xuanxu stormed home on the final stretch to grab a bronze in 4:32.91, edging out Hungary's early leader Katinka Hosszú (4:33.49) by more than half a second (0.50).
Great Britain's home favorite Hannah Miley finished fifth in 4:34.17, while Rice, the defending Olympic champion, matched United States' Caitlin Leverenz with an unexpected sixth-place time in 4:35.49. Spain's Mireia Belmonte García rounded out the final roster in 4:35.62.
Records※
Prior to this competition, the existing world and "Olympic records were as follows."
| World record |  Stephanie Rice (AUS) |
4:29.45 | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 | |
| Olympic record |  Stephanie Rice (AUS) |
4:29.45 | Beijing, China | 10 August 2008 | – |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
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| July 28 | Final | Ye Shiwen |  China |
4:28.43 | WR |
Results※
Heats※
Final※
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Ye Shiwen | China |
4:28.43 | WR |
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4 | Elizabeth Beisel |  United States |
4:31.27 | |
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6 | Li Xuanxu | China |
4:32.91 | |
| 4 | 3 | Katinka Hosszú |  Hungary |
4:33.49 | |
| 5 | 7 | Hannah Miley |  Great Britain |
4:34.17 | |
| 6 | 1 | Stephanie Rice | Australia |
4:35.49 | |
| 8 | Caitlin Leverenz | United States |
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| 8 | 2 | Mireia Belmonte García |  Spain |
4:35.62 |
References※
- ^ "Swimming: Results & Schedules". London 2012. NBC Olympics. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Ye Shiwen wins gold in record time". ESPN. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Newberry, Paul (28 July 2012). "Lochte wins 400m IM in blowout; Phelps finishes 4th". London 2012. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Powers, John (28 July 2012). "For R.I.'s Beisel, silver nearly as good as gold". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Ye wins women's 400 IM; Beisel takes silver". Fox News. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "2012 London Olympics: China's Ye Shiwen Crushes World Record in 400 IM". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Jones, Sam (28 July 2012). "Ye Shiwen sets world medley record at Olympics aged 16". Guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ "Olympics swimming: Hannah Miley fifth as Ye Shiwen breaks medley world record". BBC Sport. 28 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Lohn, John (10 August 2008). "Return to Sender…Stephanie Rice Blasts Women's 400 IM World Record". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 June 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Johanson, Simon (10 August 2008). "Rice steams to gold and world record". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 August 2008.
- ^ "Women's 400m Individual Medley – Heats". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
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